Big Brother (Quebec TV series)

Big Brother is a Canadian reality television series, which aired on V in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2010. Based on the international Big Brother franchise, it was produced as a spinoff of the network's long-running Loft Story.

Big Brother
Presented byChéli Sauvé-Castonguay
No. of days63
No. of contestants15
WinnerVincent "Vinny" Durand Dubé
Runner-upChristian Bilodeau
No. of episodes64
Release
Original networkV
Original release14 March (2010-03-14) –
16 May 2010 (2010-05-16)

The host was TV presenter Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay and lasted 63 days. The season launched on March 14, 2010, with fifteen housemates entering the house on Day 1. This series was the first international version to follow the American format in which the game is played internally, but with slight variations.

Aside from the main show, there was an accompanying show that aired every Sunday on V. The show was hosted by journalist Pascale Levesque. The winner of Loft Story: La Revanche, Sébastien Tremblay, blogged daily about the show on its official website.

There were no plans for a follow-up season that have been announced for a decade. However, on August 24, 2020, it was announced that the show would be revived for a celebrity version in winter 2021 on Noovo.

Format

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Big Brother Quebec loosely followed the format of the American version in that the housemates mostly decided who would stay and who would go. However, there were slight differences:

Numéro 1

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The Numéro 1 (English: Number 1) was similar to the Head of Household position in the American version. Numéro 1 was exempt from eviction and enjoyed certain luxuries. They were also required to nominate two housemates for eviction.

Numéro 2

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The Numéro 2 (English: Number 2) was a unique feature to Big Brother Quebec. Numéro 2 was selected by Numéro 1. Despite being immune from eviction and enjoying certain luxuries, they were forced to sleep at the foot of Numéro 1's bed, lest they lose their power and privilege. In addition, Numéro 2 was required to choose a third housemate to nominate for eviction.

Pouvoir de Véto

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The Pouvoir de Véto (English: Power of Veto) worked similarly to the Power of Veto in the US, in that the winner could use it to save a nominee; however, unlike the American version, the Veto winner decided the replacement nominee. On occasion, there would be two Vetoes available to win instead of the usual one, this would generally be weeks that the public voted to evict.

Food competitions

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Food competitions were similar to the current Have and Have Not competitions in the US. The winners received desired food items, such as steak, bread, vegetables, and dairy, while the losers dined on slop.

Evictions

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Unlike most seasons of the American addition, three housemates faced eviction each week. On eviction nights, the three nominees were moved to a special room to hear the results of the vote, instead of sitting on designated chairs in the living room. Finally, all housemates except Numéro 1 voted to evict, unlike the US, where the two nominees cannot vote, and the Head of Household votes only in a tiebreaker situation. There were exceptions to this, however; the public on occasion had the opportunity to evict a housemate.

Grenade

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Used in other international formats like the Australian version, the "grenade" was used by the newly evicted housemate to throw at any housemate of their choice. The grenade had different powers and these powers changed every week.

Finale

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The finale was completely different from the American version. Six housemates were in the house on the final day, unlike 2 or 3 in the American version. Unlike the jury format used in the American version to decide the winner, like the original format, the viewing public decided on the winner. However the former and current housemate get to vote on which finalist should not win.

Housemates

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Housemate Age Residence Occupation Entered Exited Status
Vincent "Vinny" Durand Dubé 28 Mont-Tremblant Event Organiser Day 1 Day 63 Winner
Christian Bilodeau 33 Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne Farmer Day 1 Day 63 Runner-up
Vickie Dagenais 26 Saint-Chrysostome Lawyer Day 1 Day 63 3rd Place
Jean Marcotte 56 Gatineau Retired military Day 1 Day 63 4th Place
Éric Cormier 29 Sherbrooke Kinesiologist Day 1 Day 63 5th Place
Josée Bouthillier 49 Saint-Colomban Housewife Day 1 Day 63 9th Evicted
Stéphanie 21 Saguenay Student Day 1 Day 56 8th Evicted
Jonathan Martineau 33 Sherbrooke Graphic designer Day 1 Day 51 7th Evicted
Vincent Carignan 32 Québec City Biologist Day 1 Day 49 6th Evicted
Stéphanie "Lyvia" Monroe 31 Mirabel Hairdresser, Porn Actress Day 1 Day 42 5th Evicted
Marie Elaine Pitre 22 Rosemère Marketing Co-ordinator Day 1 Day 35 4th Evicted
Fey Cody 27 Saint-Hyacinthe Lighting technician Day 1 Day 28 3rd Evicted
Andy 44 Québec City Retired military Day 1 Day 14 2nd Evicted
Sandra Lee 37 Montreal Actress Day 1 Day 7 1st Evicted
Amélie Lussier 24 Laval Nursing Assistant Day 1 Day 7 Walked

Slop

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Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
none Christian
Éric
Jonathan
Marie-Élaine
Stéphanie
Vinny
none Josée
Vickie
Vincent
none Christian
Éric
Jean
Jonathan
Josée
Vincent
Vinny
none

Voting History

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Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Day 51 Day 56 Final Eviction Final Vote
Numéro 1 Christian Fey Christian Lyvia Vincent Vickie Christian Vinny Éric Christian (none)
Numéro 2 Fey Marie-Élaine Jean Jonathan Vickie Vincent Vinny Jean Josée (none)
Nominations
(pre-veto)
Amélie
Andy
Sandra
Éric
Josée
Jonathan
Lyvia
Stéphanie
Vincent
Christian
Fey
Jean
Éric
Jean
Vinny
Jonathan
Josée
Lyvia
Éric
Josée
Vickie
Jonathan
Stéphanie
Vickie
Christian
Jean
Vinny
Veto Winner Sandra Éric Vincent Lyvia
Vincent
Éric
Jonathan
Stéphanie Éric
Vickie
Éric Christian
Jean
Nominations
(post-veto)
Andy
Josée
Sandra
Andy
Josée
Jonathan
Fey
Lyvia
Stéphanie
Christian
Fey
Jean
Christian
Marie-Élaine
Vinny
Éric
Josée
Lyvia
Jean
Josée
Vincent
Jonathan
Stéphanie
Vickie
Stéphanie
Vickie
Vinny
Vinny Sandra Andy Lyvia Jean No
Voting
Josée No
Voting
Numéro 1 No
Voting
Jean Winner
(Day 63)
Christian Numéro 1 Josée Numéro 1 Fey No
Voting
Josée Numéro 1 Stéphanie No
Voting
Jean Runner-Up
(Day 63)
Vickie Sandra Andy Fey Fey No
Voting
Lyvia No
Voting
Jonathan No
Voting
Jean Third Place
(Day 63)
Jean Andy Jonathan Lyvia Christian No
Voting
Josée No
Voting
Stéphanie No
Voting
Josée Fourth Place
(Day 63)
Éric Josée Andy Fey Jean No
Voting
Lyvia No
Voting
Jonathan Numéro 1 Jean Fifth Place
(Day 63)
Josée Sandra Andy Fey Fey No
Voting
Lyvia No
Voting
Jonathan No
Voting
Jean Evicted
(Day 63)
Stéphanie Sandra Andy Fey Fey No
Voting
Lyvia No
Voting
Jonathan No
Voting
Vinny Evicted
(Day 56)
Jonathan Sandra Andy Fey Fey No
Voting
Lyvia No
Voting
Stéphanie Evicted
(Day 51)
Vinny Evicted
(Day 51)
Vincent Andy Andy Fey Christian Numéro 1 Éric No
Voting
Evicted
(Day 49)
Josée Evicted
(Day 49)
Lyvia Sandra Jonathan Fey Numéro 1 No
Voting
Josée Evicted
(Day 42)
Josée Evicted
(Day 42)
Marie-Élaine Sandra Jonathan Lyvia Jean No
Voting
Evicted
(Day 35)
Josée Evicted
(Day 35)
Fey Sandra Numéro 1 Lyvia Jean Evicted
(Day 28)
Josée Evicted
(Day 28)
Andy Sandra Jonathan Evicted
(Day 14)
Josée Evicted
(Day 14)
Sandra Josée Evicted
(Day 7)
Josée Evicted
(Day 7)
Amélie Sandra Walked
(Day 7)
Vinny Walked
(Day 7)
Notes None 1 2 3 4 5,6 7 8,9 10
Walked Amélie none
Evicted Sandra
10 of 14 votes
to evict
Andy
7 of 12 votes
to evict
Eviction
cancelled
Fey
5 of 11 votes
to evict
Marie-Élaine
Public's votes
to evict
Lyvia
5 of 10 votes
to evict
Vincent
Public's votes
to evict
Jonathan
4 of 7 votes
to evict
Stéphanie
Public's votes
to evict
Josée
7 of 15 votes
to evict
Éric
Fewest votes
(out of 5)
Jean
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Vickie
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Christian
49.5%
(out of 2)
Vinny
50.5%
to win

Notes

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  This housemate is the Numéro 1.
  This housemate is the Numéro 2.
  • ^Note 1 : Following her eviction, Sandra used the power of the Grenade to nominate Josée. Because of this, Numéro 1 Fey only nominated one housemate for eviction.
  • ^Note 2 : Fey, with 7 of 11 votes, was supposed to be evicted. However, the housemates previously took part in a sleep deprivation task, with success resulting in the eviction being cancelled. They passed the task, and no one was evicted this week.
  • ^Note 3 : During Week 4, there were two vetoes won. The first one was won by Vincent and the second by Lyvia.
  • ^Note 4 : Following a vote to decide the use of the Grenade, it was decided that the public would vote to evict instead of the housemates. Therefore, the housemates did not vote in Week 5.
  • ^Note 5 :   The power of the Grenade in week five was that the evicted housemate could grant immunity to 5 people of their choice. As Marie-Élaine was this housemate, she gave immunity to Christian, Jean, Vickie, Vincent and Vinny.
  • ^Note 6 : Vickie, as Numéro 1, had to vote to break a tie vote between Lyvia and Josée on Day 42.
  • ^Note 7 : Following a vote to decide the use of the Grenade, it was decided that the public would vote to evict instead of the housemates for the remaining weeks.
  • ^Note 8 : Following week seven's eviction, Big Brother announced a double eviction for the following week. One housemate would be evicted by their fellow housemates, while another would be voted out by a public vote.
  • ^Note 9 : Following his eviction, Jonathan used the power of the Grenade to nominate Christian.
  • ^Note 10 : Following Week 8's eviction, the public voting opened to vote for a winner. Big Brother announced that all 15 housemates would vote for the finalist they felt was least deserving to win the game. The finalist with the most votes would be the final evictee, regardless of the results of the final vote. During the week, the housemates competed in a series of challenges to name the final Numéro 1, who would have immunity from the vote.

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